£100m residential scheme to transform Liverpool industrial site

Developer Elliot Group has acquired Erskine Industrial Estate in Liverpool for the delivery of new accommodation.

The £100m project will create a multi-storey scheme providing homes for local workers and students, including staff at the nearby Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

Liverpool-based Elliot Group will also build a residents’ gym, bar, study zones and yoga studios, pushing the edge of the city’s expanding Knowledge Quarter further north.

In total, the scheme will create 142 one- and two-bed apartments for rent and 1,007 student rooms.

The proposed building, designed by architects Falconer Chester Hall, will reach 14 storeys at its highest point and comprise two buildings linked by public realm and green space.

Located just below the brow of Low Hill, the development already enjoys an elevated position. Views from the scheme will stretch as far as Snowdonia in North Wales.

Elliot Group boss Elliot Lawless said: “The development of the Royal hospital and the mayor’s recent announcement of a huge expansion to the city’s Knowledge Quarter have acted as a catalyst for our plans.

“Both will add further demand for nearby high quality homes, notably among workers at the hospital and students from the neighbouring medical and dental schools.”

He added: “The design quality and on-site amenities are a cut above other such schemes as a result and we expect the convenient location to score very highly, too.”

Elliot Group said the estate’s existing tenants, who are all on flexible short-term leases, have been contacted to explain the development’s timescales and offered professional support to identify new premises.

A planning application has been submitted to Liverpool City Council. If permission is granted, work on the scheme is due to begin in Summer 2017.

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